Whitney Houston Biography
from "WHITNEY HOUSTON" by Carole Portland

Whitney Houston was born at 9th August 1963 in East Orange, NJ, in a talented family, she was inspired and encouraged by them to develop her natural ability as a singer, and her family also provided the security and support she needed to become an international star.

Whitney's mother, Emily Drinkard (nickname Cissy), was born in 1933 in Newark. As a youngster she started singing in family gospel group, the Drinkard Sisters, who recorded for RCA Records. Cissy performed with Dionne Warwick's first group, the Gospelaires, and formed the four-piece group the Sweet Inspirations(featuring Sylvia Shemwell of Bobby& Sylvia) In 1970s Cissy worked both as a session singer and as solo artist.The first time Whitney's solo voice was heard in public was, naturally, at the New Hope Baptist Church. At the age of about 11 she sang 'Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah', and the reaction she received taught her something she would never forget."I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying."
When Whitney decided to become a professional singer like her mother, it was not just that the clamour of applause stimulated her so strongly - although that in itself was overwhelming - it was that a career as a vocalist was the only way she could imagine truly to repay God for the gift of music. "God gave me a voice to sing with," she said. "And when you have that, what other gimmick is there?"

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CAROLE KING.
Carole King is an American singer and songwriter, most active as a singer during the early to mid 1970s, and active as a successful songwriter considerably longer both before and after her period as a popular singer.

Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, Carol Klein (as she was then known) started out playing the piano and then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines in high school. While attending Queens College, King befriended Paul Simon, Neil Sedaka and Gerry Goffin.Retiring to Idaho, King became an environmental activist after releasing a collection called Speeding Time in 1983. She returned to music in 1989, recording City Streets, followed by Colour of Your Dreams (1993), with a guest appearance by Slash of Guns n' Roses.

Convivencia Escolar.
¡Qué difícil es aceptar humanamente a otra persona, sobre todo si ésta piensa, actua o tiene gustos distintos a los míos! Y es así que cada día ocurren situaciones en la sala de clases que disminuyen la buena convivencia y provocan roces entre pares. Cuando esta situación no se para, se produce un clima cada vez más negativo ya que de violencia verbal se pasa a los golpes y de ahi a los trágicos resultados de alumnos heridos con armas blancas o de fuego. Nosotros los maestros no podemos desconocer esta situación y debemos buscar los mecanismos para descubrir como está la convivencia al interior de nuestras aulas ya que a veces no llegamos a enterarnos de lo que allí ocurre. En la mayoría de los casos la situación de violencia la conocen los agresores, los agredidos y aquellos que no dicen nada por temor a ser agredidos también.